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  • 61maximizing — increasing increasing adj. 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;… …

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  • 62multiplicative — increasing increasing adj. 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;… …

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  • 63profit-maximizing — increasing increasing adj. 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;… …

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  • 64raising — increasing increasing adj. 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;… …

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  • 65rising — increasing increasing adj. 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;… …

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  • 66Progressive — Increasing in scope or severity. Advancing. Going forward. In medicine, a disease that is progressive is going from bad to worse. * * * Going forward; advancing; denoting the course of a disease, especially, when unqualified, an unfavorable… …

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  • 67ingravescent — Increasing in severity. [L. ingravesco, to grow heavier, fr. gravis, heavy] * * * adj. gradually increasing in severity. * * * in·gra·ves·cent (in″grə vesґənt) [L. in upon + gravesci to grow heavy] gradually increasing in severity …

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  • 68auxilytic — Increasing the destructive power of a lysin, or favoring lysis. [G. auxo, to increase, + lysis, dissolution] * * * aux·i·lyt·ic (awk sĭ litґik) [Gr. auxein to increase + lytic] increasing the lytic or destructive power …

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  • 69gathering momentum — increasing in impetus, increasing in force …

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  • 70growing demand — increasing request, increasing want or necessity, growing market …

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